New for 2024, the Fender Custom Shop introduces the 1963 Telecaster® Relic®. A wonderfully crafted reproduction of the Telecaster® from the golden era of Fender’s past, this guitar is a perfect combination of this period’s appointments.

The two-piece select alder body is artfully aged in Relic® lacquer Aged Olympic White, Fiesta Red and Lake Placid Blue finishes and is paired with a rift sawn maple neck with ‘60s-style Oval “C” back-shape and a round-laminated rosewood fingerboard. With the throaty midrange and bite of a Custom Shop hand-wound Original Blackguard bridge pickup and the crystalline clarity of a Custom Shop hand-wound Twisted Tele neck pickup, this guitar delivers classic Telecaster® tone with astonishing versatility.

Other premium features include 9.5" radius, 21 narrow tall (6105) frets, Modern Tele® wiring with Greasebucket™ tone circuit, 3-way switch, 3-ply mint green pickguard, '58-'63 tele bridge with threaded steel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut, wing string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

BODY: 2-Piece Select Alder
BODY FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Telecaster®
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Select Alder
HEADSTOCK: Telecaster®
NECK MATERIAL: Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: '60s Oval "C"
NECK THICKNESS: .820"
NECK BUTT WIDTH: 2.200"
NECK THICKNESS 12TH FRET: .890"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 9.5" (241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: 3A Rosewood
POSITION INLAYS: Vintage Clay Dot
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
TRUSS ROD: Early '60s
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
BRIDGE: 3-Saddle Vintage-Style Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles
PICKGUARD: 3-Ply Mint Green
CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Chrome
SWITCH TIP: Top Hat Style, Black
HARDWARE FINISH: Nickel/Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
STRING TREES: American Vintage '56-'58
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
NECK PLATE: 4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized
BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Original Blackguard Single-Coil Tele®
NECK PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound Twisted Single-Coil Tele®
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SS
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Master Tone
SWITCHING: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup